2 Knit Lit Chicks

Recorded Thursday, April 16, 2026
Book talk starts at 28:00
Our spring KAL is the One-Skein KAL!  Find that beautiful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks.  The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn.  We cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15.
EVENTS
Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista  
 
KNITTING
Barb has finished:
2 Knitted Knockers
 
Tracie has finished:  

1.  Sudwind Tee by Mary (Sandstrick) in Sea Change Fibers Bayshore Fingering in Pink Frock
2.  4 more Melt the ICE badge 3D Version by Hasani in Malabrigo Rios and Washted (please see picture below of Tracie and her friends all wearing their red hat badges while attending the No Kings Rally in Santa Cruz, CA!)
3.  Tiny Dancer Top by Laura Dean using Juniper MoonFarms Zooey in the Rigging colorway 
 
 
Barb is still working on:

1.  Effortless Cardigan by Zabeth, using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes worsted, in the Dove Heather colorway
 
2.  Stephanie's One-Row Scarf using Caron Upside Down Cake in the Peanut Butter colorway
 
Barb has cast on:
1.  Bankhead #39 by Susie Gourlay, using Knit Picks Felici Worsted in the Rainbow colorway
2.  Bankhead #40 by Susie Gourlay, using Malabrigo Rios in the Indicita colorway



 
Tracie has cast on:
1.  Hello from My Colors by Jessie Maed Designs in 5 different fingering weight yarns from stash - MC is Lisa Souza Deluxe Sock!  
2.  First Socks from a cranked tube in Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in It's Me, Margaret
3.  Rachel by Josee Paquin, in CaMaRose Lovetånd in Brændt Orange and Havgrøn
 
BOOKS
 
Barb read:
 
1.  Strangers: A Memoir of a Marriage by Belle Burden - 5 stars
 
2.  Every Woman's Nightmare: The True Story of the Fairytale Marriage and the Brutal Murder of Lori Hacking by Steven Long - 3 stars
 

 
Tracie read:  
 
2 True Crime books, both by Diane Fanning. both about women killing their husbands:
 
1. A Poisoned Passion: A Young Mother, Her War-Hero HusbandAnd the Marriage that Ended in Murder - 4 stars
 
2. Her Deadly Web: The True story of a Former Nurse and the Strange and Suspicious Deaths pf Her Two Husbands - 4 stars
 
 
3.  For Your Own Good by Samantha  Downing - 5 stars

4.  Making a Killing (DI Fawley, #7) - by Cara Hunter - 4.5 stars

Recorded Thursday, April 16, 2026
Book talk starts at 28:00
Our spring KAL is the One-Skein KAL!  Find that beautiful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks.  The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn.  We cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15.
EVENTS
Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista  
 
KNITTING
Barb has finished:
2 Knitted Knockers
 
Tracie has finished:  

1.  Sudwind Tee by Mary (Sandstrick) in Sea Change Fibers Bayshore Fingering in Pink Frock
2.  4 more Melt the ICE badge 3D Version by Hasani in Malabrigo Rios and Washted (please see picture below of Tracie and her friends all wearing their red hat badges while attending the No Kings Rally in Santa Cruz, CA!)
3.  Tiny Dancer Top by Laura Dean using Juniper MoonFarms Zooey in the Rigging colorway 
 
 
Barb is still working on:

1.  Effortless Cardigan by Zabeth, using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes worsted, in the Dove Heather colorway
 
2.  Stephanie's One-Row Scarf using Caron Upside Down Cake in the Peanut Butter colorway
 
Barb has cast on:
1.  Bankhead #39 by Susie Gourlay, using Knit Picks Felici Worsted in the Rainbow colorway
2.  Bankhead #40 by Susie Gourlay, using Malabrigo Rios in the Indicita colorway



 
Tracie has cast on:
1.  Hello from My Colors by Jessie Maed Designs in 5 different fingering weight yarns from stash - MC is Lisa Souza Deluxe Sock!  
2.  First Socks from a cranked tube in Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in It's Me, Margaret
3.  Rachel by Josee Paquin, in CaMaRose Lovetånd in Brændt Orange and Havgrøn
 
BOOKS
 
Barb read:
 
1.  Strangers: A Memoir of a Marriage by Belle Burden - 5 stars
 
2.  Every Woman's Nightmare: The True Story of the Fairytale Marriage and the Brutal Murder of Lori Hacking by Steven Long - 3 stars
 

 
Tracie read:  
 
2 True Crime books, both by Diane Fanning. both about women killing their husbands:
 
1. A Poisoned Passion: A Young Mother, Her War-Hero HusbandAnd the Marriage that Ended in Murder - 4 stars
 
2. Her Deadly Web: The True story of a Former Nurse and the Strange and Suspicious Deaths pf Her Two Husbands - 4 stars
 
 
3.  For Your Own Good by Samantha  Downing - 5 stars

4.  Making a Killing (DI Fawley, #7) - by Cara Hunter - 4.5 stars

Recorded on March 19, 2026
Book talk starts at 16:40
EVENTS
Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista  
Our spring KAL is the One-Skein KAL!  Find that beautiful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks.  The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn.  We will cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15.

 
 
KNITTING
Barb has finished:
Bankhead #38
 
Barb is still working on:
1.  Effortless Cardigan by Zabeth, using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes worsted, in the Dove Heather colorway
2.  Stephanie's One-Row Scarf using Caron Upside Down Cake in the Peanut Butter colorway
 
Barb has cast on:
1.  Bankhead #39 by Susie Gourlay, using Knit Picks Felici Worsted in the Rainbow colorway
2.  Bankhead #40 by Susie Gourlay, using Malabrigo Rios in the Indicita colorway
 
Tracie has finished:
1.  Zephyr Mark II for niece Jayla, by Celia Cahill in Invictus Tenacity in Wicked Guitar riffs
2.  Frogged The Simple Thing by Melina Brell in Woolfolk Farn color 28, instead made the Simple Little Scarf by Jamie Rex
Tracie has cast on:
Südwind Tee by Mary (Sandstrick) in Sea Change Fibers Bayshore Fingering in Pink Rock
Hello from My Colors by Jessie Maed Designs in 5 different fingering weight yarns from stash - MC is Lisa Souza Deluxe Sock!  
First Socks from a cranked tube in Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in It's Me, Margaret
 
Rachel by Josee Paquin, in CaMaRose Lovetånd in Brændt Orange and Havgrøn
 
BOOKS
 
Barb has Finished:
 
1.  Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - 4.5 stars
 
2.  The Tent, the Bucket, and Me by Emma Kennedy - 5 stars
 
3.  The Final Frontiersman: Ham Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness - 4 stars


 
 

Tracie has finished:
 
1.  Please Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story by Stephen Davis -4 stars
 
2.  Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent- 4.5 stars
 
3.  The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin- 4 stars
 
4.  Bridges to Burn (Detective Clare Mackay #8 by Marion Todd - 4 stars

Recorded on January 15, 2026
Book talk starts at 24:45
EVENTS
Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista.  
Our Sweater KAL has ended and prize winners will be announced at the end of this podcast.  Thank you to everyone who participated!
Our spring KAL will be the One-Skein KAL!  Find that beauitful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks.  The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn.  We will cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15.

 
KNITTING
Barb has finished:
Bankhead #37

 
Barb has Cast On:
1.  Effortless Cardigan by Zabeth, using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes worsted, in the Dove Heather colorway
2.  Stephanie's One-Row Scarf by Stephanie-Pearl McPhee, using a Caron Upside Down Cake in the Peanut Butter colorway
 
Tracie has finished:
1.  Felix Pullover by Amy Christophers from her combo spin
2.  Vanilla socks with FLK heel in Dreaming of Hue 75% SW Merino/25% Nylon in Unicorn Tails
3.  Melt The Ice Hat  by Paul S. Nearly in Psych Ward Yarns Hecka Fingering and Queensland Collection Sugar Rush Solids held together
4.  Melt the Ice Badge - #3D version by Hasani, in Malabrigo Rios
 
Tracie has Cast-on
1.  Zephyr Mark II By Celia Cahill in Invictus Yarns Tenacity in Wicked Guitar Riffs
2.  The Simple Thing by Melina Brell in WoolFolk Fär in color 28
 
Tracie has frogged/ put into Hibernation:
Chicory Pullover by Susan Moskwa using Malabrigo Washted in the Pascal colorway
 
 
BOOKS
 
Barb has Finished:
 
1.  Motherland by Julia Ioffe - 2 stars
 
2.  The Correspondent - 5 stars

 
3.   The Writing Retreat - 3 stars
 
 
Tracie has finished:
 
1.   James by Percival  Everett- 3.5 stars
 
2.  Poisoned Love Carlton Smith - 4 stars
 

3.  What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall  - 2.5 stars
 
4.  North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - 4 stars
 
5.   Broken Ground (Karen Pirie #5) by Val McDermid - 4 stars

Recorded on January 15, 2026
Book talk starts at 21:26
EVENTS
1.  Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista.  
Our Sweater KAL has ended and prize winners will be announced during the February podcast.  Thank you to everyone who participated!
 
Our spring KAL will be the One-Skein KAL!  Find that beauitful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks.  The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn.  We will cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15.


KNITTING
Barb has finished:
Nothing!  Barb has a hand injury that prevents her from knitting right now 
 
Tracie has finished:
1.   Brooklyn Raglan Lite by Tori Yu, using Mod Yarns Fingering 101 in Angelyne
2.   Ruby's Ruby Sweater using the Darling Darby pattern using Plymouth Encore Starz
3.  Ranunculus by Midori Hirose in Juniper Moon Farms Bud in the Emerald colorway
 
Tracie has Cast-on
1.  Felix Pullover by Amy Christophers in her combo spin
2.   The Simple Thing by Melina Brell in WoolFolk Fär in color 28 
 
Barb has put into Hibernation:
 
1.  Colorwork Dip pullover by Suvi Knits, using 2 colors of Berroco Remix Light in Peony and Mist
 
2.  Flax Sock by Tin Can Knits. using Wonderland Dyeworks Smitten in the Deep Lilac colorway
 
3.  Pivot Cowl by Purl Soho using Duren Dyeworks Contentment DK
 
Tracie continues to work on:
 
1.  Chicory Pullover by Susan Moskwa using Malabrigo Washted in the Pascal colorway
 
2.  Vanilla socks with FLK heel in Dreaming of Hue 75% SW Merino/25% Nylon in Unicorn Tails
 
 
BOOKS
 
Tracie has Finished:
 

1.  The Girls by Lori Lansen - 4.5 stars
 
2.  After the Fire (Maeve Kerrigan #6) by Jane Casey - 3 stars
 
3.  The Witch Elm by Tana French - 4 stars
 
4.   Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - 4.5 stars
 
5.  Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent - 4 stars
 
Barb has Finished:
 
1.  This is How We End Things by RJ Jacobs - 4 stars
 
2.  The Evil Within: Murdered by Her
Sepbrother - the crime that shocked a nation by Darren Galsworthy - 3 stars
 
 
Tracie recommends reels by therapyjeff, willhitchins, professor_neil, and thespeechprof, men who break down and refute mysogynistic stuff online in their videos.